Is China’s ‘dark tourism’ turning disaster education into entertainment?
China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters.
China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters, Al Jazeera English reported.
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